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I am planning to go through the scramble and am looking at my options. I plan on trying to get a preliminary position before going onto my desired specialty (which requires a preliminary year). For personal reasons there are some preliminary programs in the New York area that I feel that I will not be happy at and am wondering about the following. Would it be better to take a position that I am not happy with (in a location that I prefer not to be in and with training that it looks like I will not happy be with) rather than going unmatched? Or would it be better to go unmatched if I do not get into the kind of preliminary program I am looking for and try to find research in the specialty that I am interested in at a more desired program although there are no guarantees?
Because my board scores are low I am beginning to think that it may be better to try to get a residency, even if I am not happy with it, and then use this experience to help me get a better research position if I do not get into my desired specialty after the preliminary year. I have good references, have worked hard and am willing to continue to do so but did not test well. I am hesitant to accept a program that looks like it will not give me the experience I feel I need and will be unhappy at but at the same time do not want to shut out what may be my only opportunity. Has anyone had any experiences with or thoughts about this?
Because my board scores are low I am beginning to think that it may be better to try to get a residency, even if I am not happy with it, and then use this experience to help me get a better research position if I do not get into my desired specialty after the preliminary year. I have good references, have worked hard and am willing to continue to do so but did not test well. I am hesitant to accept a program that looks like it will not give me the experience I feel I need and will be unhappy at but at the same time do not want to shut out what may be my only opportunity. Has anyone had any experiences with or thoughts about this?